Saturday, July 30, 2011

Trivia Question # 13

During the ILM summer break I'm presenting this Catholic trivia quiz one question at a time, and then giving the answer and asking a new question in the next post.

Last weeks question: Other than the Blessed Virgin Mary, which saint is depicted in artwork more than any other?

Answer: St. Nicholas

Question # 13: What breakfast dish, dating to the early 18th century, was named for Pope Benedict XIII?

Answer:

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Trivia Question # 12

During the ILM summer break I'm presenting this Catholic trivia quiz one question at a time, and then giving the answer and asking a new question in the next post.

Last weeks question: The first canonization in modern Church history to take place outside of Rome occurred on May 6, 1984 by Pope Paul II. In which country did this canonization occur?

Answer: Korea

Question # 12: Other than the Blessed Virgin Mary, which saint is depicted in artwork more than any other?

Answer:

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The Idea of Church

The Idea of Church: Historical and Theological Perspectives was written by Frederick J. Parrella and remains unpublished at this time. If there is one missing piece in our understanding of the Church of Jesus Christ today, it may be our inadequate sense of history. Some of us like to see the church as timeless. The nineteenth century view of the church as "Christ in time" continues to appeal to the romantic in us. Yet, even the enduring presence of Christ takes place in a clear and distinctive temporal pattern. Without this pattern, without history, the whole mystery of the church as the "divine self gift" is unintelligible.

Christians must examine the Church in its historical context and, more important theologically, from its historical sense of itself. Whatever the Church is today, its present reality is the result of two millennia of growth and decline, of action and reaction to political, social, and economic forces within and without. Like our own lives, the church reflects the pattern of death and resurrection. Its meaning today is a sum of all those steps and missteps of the centuries.

We must enter into this continuum of the Church's self-awareness. In doing so, we will see an enormously varied pattern: a small community of Jews who proclaimed Jesus as the messiah; a leaven of truth and civility in an unraveling civilization; the most powerful institution of the Western world; a community fragmented and split by theological and political hostilities; and in our own time a plurality of communities wrestling with the problems of the modern and postmodern world.

Dr. Parrella was born in Queens County, New York. Trained in Catholic schools when Latin and Greek were required subjects, he chose Classical Languages as his undergraduate major at Fordham College. But it was the words that a Catholic nun wrote across the length of a chalkboard when he was 8 years old that would lead him to a career in theology. "God always was," she wrote, and since then Parrella has been exploring things of ultimate concern. He received an M.A. (1966) and a Ph.D. (1974) in Systematic Theology from Fordham University in New York. Long-known for excellence in teaching, Parrella's professional interests include the work of the great Protestant theologian Paul Tillich, Christian eschatology, and the theology of marriage.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Trivia Question # 11

During the ILM summer break I'm presenting this Catholic trivia quiz one question at a time, and then giving the answer and asking a new question in the next post.

Last weeks question: What do Father Robert J Cornell, Father Robert Fr. Drinan, and Father Gabriel Richard share in common?

Answer: Congressman

Question # 11: The first canonization in modern Church history to take place outside of Rome occurred on May 6, 1984 by Pope Paul II. In which country did this canonization occur?

Answer:

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Trivia Question # 10

During the ILM summer break I'm presenting this Catholic trivia quiz one question at a time, and then giving the answer and asking a new question in the next post.

Last weeks question: In the Catholic Church, the Jesuits are the largest Catholic Institute for Men, but what religious order of men is number two?

Answer: Salesians

Question # 10: What do Father Robert J Cornell, Father Robert Fr. Drinan, and Father Gabriel Richard share in common?

Answer:

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Love in Unity

I love my wife (today is our anniversary). She is my guide and my rock, she keeps me "on track", and I am a better person because of her. I agree that it's important to have someone that loves you but it's just as important to have someone that you truly love. Yes marriage can be hard work, and yes we don't always agree, but we are bonded to each other in a very strong way. As the poem says, our marriage is a Unity of Three.

"Blessed is the marriage that, from the very start, is built on selfless love, with Jesus at its heart. Blessed is the couple whose faith is strong and sure. With Jesus as their partner, their devotion will endure. Blessed is the life they share--their laughter, joys and trials--for in the Lord their closeness will grow deeper all the while. Blessed is their lasting love, a seamless unity of heart and mind and spirit, shared not with two--but three. "

Together we are a part of a powerful force that includes our family, but we didn't get here by ourselves. God is with us and although for a long time we didn't recognize His will in our lives, He has been guiding us since we met; we thank Him every day. Who we are as individuals, who we are as a couple, and who we are as a family is because of our love of God, but even more importantly it's because of His Love for us.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Trivia Question # 9

During the ILM summer break I'm presenting this Catholic trivia quiz one question at a time, and then giving the answer and asking a new question in the next post.

Last weeks question: Members of the Mendicant Orders are referred to as ___________, while members of the Cenobite Orders are referred to as ____________.

Answer: Friars, Monks

Question # 9: In the Catholic Church, the Jesuits are the largest Catholic Institute for Men, but what religious order of men is number two?

Answer: